I disagree. I love people. I want a self driving car with swiveling captain seats in the front so you can spin around and be sitting around a table, having a pint with your friends after locking out human control, on your way to wherever you’re going.
Ooooo and to save on fuel we could chain some cars together, maybe even put them on a steel rail for less friction. Maybe the cars that go really far could even have beds and sections where you can get drinks/food and go to the bathroom.
Could have smaller versions of them underground too, like some kind of weird tunnel car automated system
Dropping a self driving car on existing roads is much cheaper than building out infrastructure for trains and subs, especially in most of car dependent America. Also there are still plenty of situations where those can’t get close enough to your source/destination especially if you’re elderly or disabled.
I’m not against railed transportation (quite the opposite, I love it and would like to see more of it), but I also am pragmatic and understand that, just like a train would never be used to cross the ocean, there are quite a few applications where rails don’t solve the “last mile” problem.
I disagree. I love people. I want a self driving car with swiveling captain seats in the front so you can spin around and be sitting around a table, having a pint with your friends after locking out human control, on your way to wherever you’re going.
Ooooo and to save on fuel we could chain some cars together, maybe even put them on a steel rail for less friction. Maybe the cars that go really far could even have beds and sections where you can get drinks/food and go to the bathroom.
Could have smaller versions of them underground too, like some kind of weird tunnel car automated system
Dropping a self driving car on existing roads is much cheaper than building out infrastructure for trains and subs, especially in most of car dependent America. Also there are still plenty of situations where those can’t get close enough to your source/destination especially if you’re elderly or disabled.
I’m not against railed transportation (quite the opposite, I love it and would like to see more of it), but I also am pragmatic and understand that, just like a train would never be used to cross the ocean, there are quite a few applications where rails don’t solve the “last mile” problem.
I don’t think we should solve the last mile problem until the very very trivial first 80% is solved.
Agree that cars are easier to slap down of course.
I love tech wizardry too but can’t stand where the Techbros are trying to take us all for their egos and profit.